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public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
    //edge cases
    if(l1 == null && l2 == null) return l1;
    ListNode prev = new ListNode(-1);//start as a prehead
    ListNode prevHead = prev;
    while(l1 != null & l2 != null){//While there are nodes in both lists
        if(l1.val <= l2.val){
            prev.next = l1;
            l1 = l1.next;
        }else{
            prev.next = l2;
            l2 = l2.next;
        }
        prev = prev.next;
    }
    // at least one of the lists will be left with node/s.
    //we just append whats left of l1 or l2 to prev.
    if(l1 == null){//append list 2
        prev.next = l2;
    }else{//append list 1
        prev.next = l1;
    }
    return prevHead.next;
}